CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4426, 23 May 1893, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

British and Foreign, London, May 20. The Princess of Walts and her daughters liaye returned to London, afffir an extended absence. Spratt's dog-bisouit factory in London has been burned down, ' Mr Asquitb, Home Seoretary, lias< refused to release Gilbert, an American dynamiter. The House of Commons has ad', journed until the 29th inst,, for thai Wbitsuntido holidays. Lord Wolverton, one of the Lords l * in-Waiting, has resigned his Court office, owing to a disagreement over the Home Kale Bill.

At a convention of the Irish League, tho speakers expressed confidoncd that, the Homo Rule Bill would pass its third reading by August. Owing to the present amity between the two sections of rty, funds are flowing in again from Australia. _ftfr Peter Maclagan, member for Linlithgow, is bankrupt, and has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The Frenoh Press alleges that Grout Britain is supporting the rebels ia Si&m. The barque Templeton experionoed frightful weather when crossing the Atlantio. Luring a fierce squall one of ber yards, on which ton of ber crow were engaged furling the canyf>' d| wM oarried away, and all those ba it were drowned.

I Mr Salmon, oMma of . f! orlan faeries Commission, is making s* d inspection of tho ib l • er ' es oyetor beds od i 9 j" .sh coast, and is also making ! ?"9 w !.riea as to the method of carry- ' r jg fish on the inland railway lines. The second innings of the Aus* tri'lians in the match against the Marylebone Club closed for 847.

The M.C.0., requiring M&tuna to win, started their second innrafs, and had lost eight wickets for 158 when rain interrupted the game, and the match was drawn.

The Times' Vienna correspondent says Turkey must reorganiseher navy immediately, and re-bui'd the forts on the Bosphorus.

Calcutta, May 21, | The Europeans in Bankok, the oapital of Siam, are appealing to the authorities for' the protection of a British gunboat, as they aro in fear of ' tbo town being bombarded, Washington, May 20. The Presbyterians are agitating for the ropoalof the Chinoso Excision Act.

The Methodists have appointed fc day of prayer to just treat' taent of the Obineee. The Chinese Minister to the tfnitej States has assured Mr Grettan, Sea* retary of State, thai China has no l desire to retaliate for the Chinese Exclusion Act,

Christianu, May 20, A Berious landslip has taken plaoa at Yaerdal, a Tillage of Norway, 45 milea northeast of Irondbjem, at the bead of its fiord, Tirel w large farms suddenly sank, and their place wag converted into slimy land. Many people lost their lives,

! May 21. Potty farms have been coiered in Yaerdal, A hundred bodies have been recovered,

■ Br Petersburg, May 21, The Czar is reported to be suffering "romoancer. Sidney, May 21. Tilt wuitrn collieries have reeaired

botico of a gcnor/tl atriko against the reduction in hewing rates. The Btrike will affect GOO men, Reports from the new rush toßurra Buira show that tho gold is lumpy. Some pieces have beon found of tho flize of maize grains, Arohduke Ferdinand of Austria is making hunting expeditions into the country. Melbourne, May 21. Half the township of Bridgewator, 126 miles north-wesc of Melbourne, has been destroyed by fire, but tbe amount of tho damage is not stated. B